Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE): An Equity Intervention in Criminology Education?
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE): An Equity Intervention in Criminology Education?
Andrew G. Brown Brooke A. de Heer Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ86011, USAAndrew G. Brown is an independent criminologist and researcher based in Arizona. He holds undergraduate degrees in criminal justice and sociology from Eastern Kentucky University and a master’s and doctorate in Justice Studies from Arizona State University. He has spent over a decade designing and facilitating courses in criminology, justice studies, and global security at two universities and in correctional institutions across Arizona. His research is focused on transnational extremist networks, institutional child abuse, sexual violence, and subject-formation technologies in carceral settings. He is also a co-founder of the Flagstaff Jewish Public Affairs Committee and leads evidence-based initiatives to document, prevent, and respond to antisemitism through research, community security collaboration, and policy advocacy.Brooke de Heer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. She teaches courses on gendered violence, contemporary issues and the criminal justice system, American courts, and crime and justice. Her research agenda focuses on issues of gender and power in sexual violence, with an emphasis on health disparities and inequitable treatment of marginalized victims involved in the criminal justice (CJ) system. Her work seeks to investigate and validate marginalized peoples’ experiences with sexual violence and work to dismantle systems of oppression that create disparate health outcomes for minoritized populations. She has been published in Violence Against Women, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence and Victims, Feminist Criminology, and American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research. Her work has been funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) via the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative.